Noble&#39;s combing machine



April 13 1926.

1,5 1,013 W. PRINCE-SMITH ET AL i NOBLES COMBING MACHINE il d No 12. 1925 2 'Sheets-Sheet 1 H MP MI I W/ I, April 13 1926.

1,581,013 w. PRINCE-SMITH ET AL NOBLES COMBING MACHINE Filed Nov. 12, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 BY A OQVEY Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

UNITED sra'rss earner caries.

NOBLES GOIVIBING MACHINE.

Application filed November To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that WILLIAM PRINCE-SMITH and DAVID lvn'rnnrronsn, both subjects of the King of Great Britain, residing at Keighley, in the county of York, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nobles Co-mbing Machines of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to Nobles combing machines and it has for is object to provide a compactand eiiicient driving means therefor.

To this end the invention consists of a self-contained electric driving unit so constructed and arranged as to be capable of attachment directly to existiiigcon'ibing machines without necessitating any important or complicated structural alterations thereto.

The invention comprises "a specially shaped base-plate constructed so as to fit directly on to the ordinary pillars of a Nobles combing machine and carrying an electric motor whereof the spindle is put into direct driving connection with the usual cross-shaft of the combing machine.

One convenient form of drive is by means of an endless chain engaging a sprocket on the motor spindle and another sprocket secured to the aforesaid crossshaft; said chain being enclosed in a casing forming one with or attached to said base plate.

lhe base plate may be attached to the tops or the sides of the pillars of the machine.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings 7 which show only so much of a Nobles combing machine as is necessary to indicate the attachment thereto of the electric driving i'i'iechanism.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the base-plate and attached electric motor mounted upon the usual pillars of the ma chine.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the base-plate with the motor removed.

Figure 3 is an end view, partly in section, of the driving connection between the mo tor and the combing machine.

As will be seen by reference to Figure 2 the base plate A consists of a casting whereof the configuration is such that the base plate is adapted to seat on the tops of the usual pillars B, B, of the machine, by virtue of circular rims A A formed integrally 12, 1925. Serial No. 68,720.

with said base plate. Intermediately of said rims A, A the base plate 18 formed as a platform having slotted and machined surfaces A A for the reception of the pedestal or feet of an electric motor C which is bolted thereto.

The baseplate A is formedwith a rectangular slot 2i a l) is a sprocket wheel keyed to the spindle C of the motor G, and D is another sprocket wheel keyed to the usual cross-- shaft E of the combing machine, F being an endless 'chain engaging said sprocket wheels and being tensioned by a jockey sprocket-wheel G carried by a spindle mounted adjustably on the casing H which is formed integrally with or may be attached to the base plate A; said endless chain F passing through the aforesaid slot A in the base plate.

The jockey sprocket-wheel G may be adjusted by means of a milled nut G carried by a screwed eyebolt G engaging the spin dle G of the sprocket G.

A cover-plate (not shown) is provided for the casing H so as to enclose tot-ally the chain drive from the motor C to the shaft By means of the above described construction the usual belt-driven Nobles combing machine can easily and expeditiously be converted without necessitating structural alterations other than substituting a sprocket wheel for the usual fast and loose. pulleys on the cross-shaft, and aneiiicient and compact direct form of drive is secured.

lVhat we claim is:

1. Driving means for a Nobles combing machine having pillars, comprising a unitary structure constructed for direct attachment to said pillars and characterized by a base-plate shaped so as to be complementary to said pillars, an electric motor carried by said base-plate, and means connecting said electric motor drivably with said combing machine. I

2. Driving means for a Nobles combing machine having pillars and a cross-shaft,

comprising a self-contained driving unit characterized by a base-plate shaped so to be complementary to said pillars means attaching said base-plate to said pillars, an electric motor secured to said baseplate, and a driving connection between said electric motor and said cross-shaft 3.. Drivin means for a Nobles combin machine having pillars and a cross-shaft,

comprising a self-contained driving uni-t driving connection between said sprockets.

4. Driving means for a Nobles combing n iachine having pillars and a cross-shaft, comprising a self-contained driving unit characterized by a base-plate shaped so as to be a complementary fitment upon said pillars, means securing said base-plate to said pillars, a transverse slot in said basea plate, surfaces upon said base-plate to re ceive a driving element,-an electric motor secured upon said surfaces upon said base plate, a sprocket carried by said electric motor, said sprocket being located above said slot in said base-plate, a second sprocket carried by said cross-shaft, said second sprocket being located below said slot in said base-plate, and a driving connection between said sprockets.

5. Driving means for a Nobles combing machine having pillars and a cross-shaft, comprising a self-contained driving unit characterized by a base-plate shaped so as to be a complementary fitment upon said pillars, means securing said base-plate to said pillars, a transverse slot in said baseplate, surfaces upon said base-plate to receive a driving element, an electric. motor secured upon said surfaces upon said base-plate, asprocket carried bysaid electric motor, said sprocket being located above said slot in said base-plate, a second sprocket carried by said cross-shaft, said second sprocket being located below said slot in said baseplate, an endless chain connecting said sprockets drivably, and means enclosing said endless chain. a

6. Driving means for a Noble's combing machine having pillars, and acrossshalt, comprising a self-contained driving unit characterized by a base-plate shaped so as to be a complementary fitment upon said pillars, means securing said base-plate to said pillars, a transverse slot in said baseplate, surfaces upon said base-plate to receive a driving element, an electric motor secured upon said surfaces upon said baseplate, a sprocket carried by said electric motor, said sprocket being located above said slot in said base-plate, a second sprocket carried by said cross-shaft, said second sprocket being locatedbelow' said slot in said base-plate, an endless chain connecting said sprockets drivably, and a casing borne by said base-plate and totally enclosing said sprockets and said endless chain.

In testimony whereof weaflix our signatures.

WILLIAM PRINCE-SB IITH. DAVID XVATEBHOUSE. 

